ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,957, issued on June 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and ITW EF&C KOREA LLC (Incheon, South Korea).

"Roof air vent device" was invented by Su Yeon Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Gyeong Nam Cho (Daegu, South Korea), Kwang Ok Han (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Won Yeon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yong Seok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Keong No Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Chun Ha Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof air vent device includes: a roof provided to cover an upper portion of a vehicle; a duct housing provided in the roof extending in a length dire...